Animal-trap.



PATENTED MAR. 7. 1905.

A. BREST.

ANIMAL TRAP.

APPLIGATION YILED AUG. 12. 1904.

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Inventum PATENTED MAR. 7, 1905.

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Patent lililh.

ALBERT BREST, 0F NEWGASILE, llENNSYLVANlA SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,141, dated March 7, 1905.

l Application filed August 12, 1904. Serial No. 220,550.

Be it known that ll, ALBERT Bnus'r, a citizen i oi the United States, residing at Newcastle, in the county otl Lawrence and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and use-Ful Improvements in Animallllraps, ot' which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to traps for animals, and is especially designed `for catching frogs, and has for its object the provision oi: acagelike trap secured to the end ot' a pole to be held by the sportsman and having a lure consisting oiI a bulls-eye lantern secured to said pole and so positioned that its light shines through the mouth ot' the trap, the trap being opened and closed by the sportsman at will.

The construction and operation of my invention will be described hereinafter and understood by an inspection ot' the drawings, in whichE Figure l is a side view ot' my invention, showing the trap open; Fig. 2, a Afront view of the trap in an open position; Fig. 3, a front View ot' the trap in a closed position, and Fig. 4 a side View ot' the trap in a closed position.

ln the drawings similar reference charac ters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

A represents a ring secured by rods B to a handle or pole C. D represents jaws made of heavy wire or other suitable material bent to i'orm a cage-like structure when in a closed position and mounted on said ring by means of loops (l, formed by bending the wire, the ends of the wires forming said jaws being1 bent into loops fl around a ring E. F represents rods secured to said ring E and crossing one another in the center of the ring at If, and (if an operating-rod secured to the crossing of j' and running through guides lil to the end ot' the pole or handle C.

l represents a lantern secured to rods B and so positioned that the light therefrom shines through the trap, and when the jaws l) are in an open position through the opening' therein. 4

',llie ends ol the wires forming thejaws l), between the loops (l and d, are bent in such a relation to the part of the jaws outside ot' l said loops d that when the jaws are in a closed position they extend outside. oi the plane ot the ring A, while when the jaws are open the parts between loops and ci and ring lil are on a plane inside ot' ringA. This construction ot' the jaws and ring lil causes a resiliency oi said jaws that serves to hold them in either au open or closed position and also to cause a quick action oi the jaws in opening and closing.

JA represents a net secured to the traine and jaws.

fln operation the trap with the jaws open is held in close proximity to the VFrog, which is attracted by the light and jumps through the openv jaws toward the light. The jaws are Having thus described my invention, what l claim isM l. .ln a trap, ahandle, a cage-likereceptacle mounted on said handle and a iure secured to said handle, siiibstantially as shown and described.

2. Yln a trap, a handle, a cage-like receptacle mounted on said handle, and a lantern secured to said handle and so positioned thatthe shaft of light therefrom shines through said receptacle, substantially as shown and described.

3. lIn a trap, a handle, a ring secured to said handle, jaws pivotally mounted on said ring, means to operate said jaws, and a lantern secured to said handle and mounted so that the shaft of light therefrom shines through the opening between said jaws, substi-tntially as shown and described.

4. In a trap, a ring suitably mounted, jaws made ol heavy wire bentto lorm loops around said ring, the iree ends oi said wires formed with loops, a ring passed through said loops, and a rod secured tothe last-named ring to operate said jaws, substantially as shown and described.

.In a trap, a handle, rods secured to said handle, a ring secured to said rods, jaws made ot' heavy wire bent to 'form loops around said ring, the tree ends ot said wires termed with loops, a ring passed through saidloops, a rod secured to the last-named ring to operate said jaws, and a lantern secured to the handle and then closed and the Victim removed at pleasure.

so positioned that the shaft of light therefrom shines through the opening between said jaws when open, substantiall),7 as shown and described.

6. In a trap, a ring` suitably mounted, jaws made of heavj7 wire bent to form loops around said ring', the free ends of said wires formed with loops, a ring passed through said loops, a net secured to said jaws and covering'it, and means to open and close said jaws, substantially as shown and described.

7. 1n a trap, a handle, a ring` mounted on said handle, jaws pivoted on said ring and so shaped that when closed they forni an inclosed cage, a netcoiering said jaws, means to open and close said jaws, and a lantern secured to said handle and so positioned that its light shines between the jaws when open, substantially as shown and described.

8. In atrap, a handle, aring mounted on said handle, jaws pivoted on said ring and so shaped that when closed they form an inclosed cage, a net secured to and covering said jaws, a rod secured to the jaws to open and close them, and a lantern secured to said handle and so positioned that the shaft of light therefrom shines between said jaws when open, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof 1 hereto afx my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT BREST.

\\itnesses:

GEORGE AT. WEINGARTNER, ROBERT K. AIKEN. 

